San Carlos Formation

Short description: Geologic formation in west Texas, United States

San Carlos Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian

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Exposures of San Carlos Formation at Rancho Don Chuy, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua.

Type| Geological formation
Location
Region| North America

The San Carlos Formation is a geological formation in west Texas whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Vertebrate paleofauna
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Vertebrate paleofauna

* Gryposaurus sp
* Kritosaurus sp (Gryposaurus sp)
* Stegoceras sp
* Deinosuchus sp

## See also

* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

## References

1. ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.

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